Race in the Jury Box: Affirmative Action in Jury Selection

Sampul Depan
State University of New York Press, 1 Feb 2012 - 290 halaman
Race in the Jury Box focuses on the racially unrepresentative jury as one of the remaining barriers to racial equality and a recurring source of controversy in American life. Because members of minority groups remain underrepresented on juries, various communities have tried race-conscious jury selection, termed "affirmative jury selection." The authors argue that affirmative jury selection can insure fairness, verdict legitimization, and public confidence in the justice system. This book offers a critical analysis and systematic examination of possible applications of race-based jury selection, examining the public perception of these measures and their constitutionality. The authors make use of court cases, their own experiences as jury consultants, and jury research, as well as statistical surveys and analysis. The work concludes with the presentation of four strategies for affirmative jury selection.
 

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1 INTRODUCTION TO RACIALLY MIXED JURIES
1
2 DEFINING AND MEASURING RACE AND RACIAL IDENTITY
20
3 RACIALLY MIXED JURIES AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
61
Affirmative Action in Jury Selection and Peremptory Inclusion
90
5 THE SIXTH AMENDMENT AND THE RACIALLY MIXED JURY
125
Jury Representation from the Beginning to the End of the Jury Selection Process
149
The O J Simpson Verdict and Acquittal by Race
176
8 JURY NULLIFICATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION JURIES
197
Conclusions
215
SURVEY AND DATA BASE INFORMATION
224
METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES ON HOW TO DETERMINE AND MEASURE RACE IN COURTROOMS
233
NOTES
235
BIBLIOGRAPHY
249
INDEX
265
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Hiroshi Fukurai is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Richard Krooth is Visiting Scholar of Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley and teaches International Studies at Golden Gate University. They are the coauthors of Common Destiny: Japan and the United States in the Global Age and (with Edgar W. Butler) of Race and the Jury: Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice.

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